Robert Byron Wright

Producer facts in short:

During the '70s Robert Byron Wright was employed as an independent writer and producer by Maurice White and his Kalimba Productions. At this time he co-wrote songs for The Emotions and Deniece Williams and also wrote and produced all the albums of The Pockets together with Verdine White of Earth Wind & Fire. In 1980 he joined RCA as an in-house R&B producer, becoming vice-president of A&R in 1983. Here he wrote and/or produced for Glenn Jones (hit: "I Am Somebody"), The Jones Girls, Fonzi Thornton, Pleasure and Genobia Jeter, among many others. In 1985 he wrote and produced the R&B hits "Fall Down" and "In The Morning Time" for Tramaine Hawkins, after which he developed cancer and died in 1987.

Productions (and songs) appear on:

Chandra Simmons: 12 INCH "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Fresh, 1987)
Fonzi Thornton: LP/CD The Leader (RCA, 1983)
Fonzi Thornton: LP/CD Pumpin' (RCA, 1984)
Genobia Jeter: LP/CD Genobia (RCA, 1986)
Glenn Jones: LP/CD Everybody Loves A Winner (RCA, 1983)
Jones Girls, The: LP/CD On Target (RCA, 1983)
Michael Wycoff: LP/CD On The Line (RCA, 1983)
Pleasure: LP/CD Give It Up (RCA, 1982)
Pockets, The: LP/CD Come Go With Us (ARC-CBS, 1977)
Pockets, The: LP/CD Take It On Up (ARC-CBS, 1978)
Pockets, The: LP/CD So Delicious (ARC-CBS, 1979)
Stargard: LP The Changing Of The Gard (Warner Bros., 1979)
Tramaine: LP/CD The Search Is Over (A&M, 1986)
Tramaine: LP/CD Freedom (A&M, 1987)

Other contributions:

Alfie Silas: LP Be Yourself (RCA, 1983) - songwriter
Daryl Hall & John Oates: 12 INCH "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (RCA, 1981) - remixer
Deniece Williams: LP/CD Songbird (CBS, 1977) - songwriter
Deniece Williams: LP/CD When Love Comes Calling (Columbia,1979) - songwriter
Emotions, The: LP/CD Rejoice (CBS, 1977) - songwriter
Leon Haywood: 12 INCH "Don't Push It Don't Force It" (20th Century Fox, 1980) - remixer